| From: | Michael Barker <mikeb01(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Query doesn't use index on hstore column |
| Date: | 2014-12-06 00:05:02 |
| Message-ID: | CALwNKeT5f6g+R7VNa6wx18CZVUq3c2FmWGQ8hDcq=dt8m1gUSA@mail.gmail.com |
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>
> Well, first off, a btree index is fairly useless for this query,
> because btree has no concept that the hstore has any sub-structure.
> A GIN index or GIST index could work though. Secondly, you have to
> remember that indexable WHERE conditions in Postgres are *always* of
> the form "WHERE indexed_column indexable_operator some_comparison_value".
>
And the student was enlightened....
Cheers, seeing sensible explain plans now.
> You might care to read
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/indexes.html
> to get a better handle on what Postgres indexes can and can't do.
>
Will do, thanks again.
Mike.
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